Equity markets continued their ascent yesterday despite economic data that would probably have undermined sentiment a week earlier. This is due to the perception that US monetary policy is changing. The Fed's central bankers have softened their rhetoric of late. So much so, in fact, that yesterday's release of a higher-than-expected rise in US producer prices was completely ignored. And today's CPI data could also be shrugged...

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